Pen or pencil clip or holder.



H. R. & H. L. TOOKER.

PEN 0R PENCIL CLIP OR HOLDER.

APPLICATION man Aus.5. 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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INVENTORS) lWITNESSES HUGH :ROSSl TOOKEE AND HABJRY LEIGH TOOKER, OF SANTA MARI, CALIFORNIA.

PEN on rENciL stir on nomina.

- Application led August 5, 1914. Serial No. 855,190.

. To all whom it may concern:

` This4 invention Be it knownthat we HUG11 Ross TooKER and HARRY LniGH TOOKER, citizens o f the United States, residing at Santa Maria, in

the county of Santa Barbara andV State of California, khave invented a new and useful Pen or Pencil Clip or Holder, of which thev following is a specification.

has reference to pen or pencil clips or holders, and its object is to provide .a device for the purpose which shall e of simple construction with a minimum of parts and operable by. one hand of the user for the introductionA of the pen or encil into a pocket and its removal there rom and the certain holding of the pen or pen-A cil in the pocket when introduced thereinto. In accordance with the present invention there is provided a body member with spurs thereon adapted to engage in the cloth ofthe outerportion of the pocketfrom the eX- terior thereof, and also with means for attachment to a pen or pencil so that the latter may be inserted in the pocket with the clip exterior to locked in lposition in the pocket against accidental removal. Applied to the clip and forming part thereof is a rockable vstructure forming a guard for the spurs when it is desired to introduce the pencil into or remove it from the pocket while the guard is readily yieldable to permit the projection of the spurs, manipulated to cause av housing of the spurs in the guard when it is desired to remove the pen or pencil from the pocket, the guard constituting a handhole for removing the pen or pencil and simultaneously housing the spurs in a manner to prevent engagement of the spurs into the cloth of the pocket, the whole operation being readily performed by one hand of the operator, and usually by forefinger only of such hand.

The invention will tailed` description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material body member of the clip the pocket, but fiXedly but is always readily.

the thumb and be bestv understood from a consideration of the following `dedeparture from the salient features of the invention.

In the-draWings:.-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the im roved clip or holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the clip or holder as applied to a pen or pencil with the latter introduced into a pocket. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the or holder with the shield removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a structure having the essential features of Fi v1, but somewhat modified in construction. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the structure shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a-detail section'of the spur end of the structure of Figs. 4.and 5 showing Vthe guardin housing relation to the spurs. Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6 but showing a modified arrangement of the spur'guard.

Referring to the drawings, and more par'- ticularly to the structure of Figs. l, 2 and 3 aiding the barrel 2 in holding the clipy to the body of the pen or pencil.

Whilethe invention is adapted to either pens or pencils or pencil holders, it is particularly useful in connection with fountain pens and for simplicity of description, the device heretofore termed a pen or pencil will be simply referred to as a pen', with the un- Patented July 20, 1915. i

derstanding that the clip maybe used with any structure for which it is adapted.

The body member 1 for a portion of the length of the end remote from the tongue 4 has its width reduced as shown at 5, and at the extremity of the reduced end is formed with projections 6 which may be of T shape for a purpose to be described. Within the reduced portion 5 about midway of its length the body' member is formed with spurs 7 which may be struck out from the material ofthe body member, and are shown as tapering toward the free ends. There is also provided a guard 8 in the form of an iioI elongated plate having at one end an angle extension 9 terminating in a manipulating end 10. Adjacent to the junction of the e'X- tension 9 with the body of the plate 8 said extension is formed with spaced elongated slots 11 through which the pins 6 may be passed, while appropriately twisted and afterward returned to their normal condition so that their T ends are in transverse relation to the slots, whereby the plate 8 is made fast to the corresponding end of the body member 1, but is capable of rocking on the pins' as a hinge connection. rllhe other end of the plate 8 from the extension 9 is formed with another angle extension 12 having a slot 13 therein of a Width to receive the reduced portion 5 of the body member 1, and at the end of the slot remote from the plate 8 the extension 12 terminates in a yoke member 14 in substantially parallel relation to the plate 8 although such relation is not obligatory.

When the plate 8 is flat against the corresponding face of the extension 5, the spurs 7 project through correspondingly placed passages 15 in the plate 8 to an extent to enter the front member 16 of a pocket, the back member 17 ot the pocket being more or less schematically represented.

If it be assumed that the clip is applied to a pen 3, the elasticity of the barrel 2 will cause the body of the pen to move into engagement with the sharpened ends of the spurs 7. If, now, the pen be introduced into the pocket, the front section of the pocket will readily enter between the pen and the plate 8, the spurs being inclined in a direction toward the barrel 2, readily permitting the introduction of the pen into the pocket with the clip exterior thereto, but any movement of the pen out of the pocket is at once arrested by the spurs which, because of their inclined relation to the direction of movement, enter into the cloth of the front 16 of the pocket, and thereby effectively anchor the pen in the pocket against any accidental removal by any force short of that destructive to the parts or to the pocket. 1f, however, it be desired to remove the pen purposely the operator by grasping the end 10 of the angle extension 9 may readily rock the guard plate S about the hinge formed by thc pins thus causing the other end of the guard plate to move toward the pen until the perforated portion of the plate houses the spurs 7, this rocking movement being permitted by the length of the slot 13, and is finally arrested by the engagement of the yoke 14 against the body member 1. lith the spurs thus housed within the guard plate out of engagement with the. 'front 1G ot the pocket. the pen is readily removed by a lifting movement exerted on the extension 9. the. end l0 o'l which may be simply grasped between the torefinger and thumb of one hand of the operator. The insertion of the pen into the pocket does not require a manipulation of the guard member since the spurs are then in trailing relation to the direction of movement, and do not resist the insertion of the pin into the pocket.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 there is shown a body member 1fL formed with a barrel portion 2HL and lip 4, the parts being similar to those of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 except that the body member may be tapering or may bestraight if so desired. The end of the body member remote from the barrel 2a is formed with spurs 7'a as before, and between the spurs and the barrel 2a, but close to the spurs, the body member is formed with ears 18 traversed by a pivot pin 19. Inclosing the spur end of the body member is a guard member 2O shown as of ovate form, although the particular form is not obligatory. rThis guard member is entered by the spur end of the body member through an opening 21 in one end of the guard member, and at appropriate points the walls of the guard member are pierced by passages 22 through which the spurs 7LL may project. The pin 19 is carried through the walls of the guard member to hingedly connect said guard member to the body member. Furthermore, one wall of the guard member may be roughened as indicated at 23 for convenience of manipulation.

rllhe structure of Fig. 7 may in general follow the lines of the structures of Figs. 4, 5 and 6, except that there is a body member 1b carrying a pivot pin 1921 at its eX- tremity, while there is an ovate guard 2Oa similar to the guard 20 of Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and provided with passages 21a and 22a and roughened at 23a like the similar parts of Figs. 4, 5 and 6. That end of the guard remote from the passage 21 has ears 182L therein traversed by a pin 19a, so that the guard 2()n is hingedly or pivotally connected to the body member 1b but at the end'remote from that similarly connected to the body member 1n in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

By rocking the guard on its pivot connections the spurs 7a of Figs. 4, 5 and 6 or 7b of Fig. 7 may be causedI to project into operative position through the guard, or be housed therein out of operative position, as the operator may desire.

ln each of the forms shown two spurs are illustrated, but it will be understood that either one spur or more than two spurs may be used.

No claim is made herein to the broader aspects of the invention. since such claims are made in another application filed by us on even date herewith. Serial No. 855,189 for a pen or pencil holder.

lVhat is claimed isz-- i 1. A, clip or holder Por pens and the like. comprisinga body member with means for attachment to the body of the pen, said body member having projecting spurs thereon, and a shield or guard for the spurs hingedly connected to the body member adjacent to the spurs for movement With relation to the body member to` sheath the spurs or to expose the spurs in accordance with the position of the shield.

2. A clip or comprising a body member having means near one end Jfor attachment to the body of the pen and near the other end provide with projecting spurs, and a guard or shield for the spurs hinged or pivoted to the body member at the spur end and movable the hinge or pivot into positions housing the spurs or unsheathing them in accordance with the position of said, shield.

comprising an elongated strip With means at one end for attachment to the body of the pen and at'the other end provided with projecting spurs and hinge orv pivot means, an a shield connected tothe body member by the hinge or pivot means for rocking movements thereon and also provided with passages for the spurs, the shield being movable on a'hinge or pivot connection to expose the spurs or to sheath them, as desired.

4. A clip or holder comprising a body member consisting of an elongated strip ywith means at one end for attachment to the holder to the body of the pen, and at the other end having projecting spur means, and a shield or sheath Jfor the spur means hingedly connected to the spur end of the body member and movable to- Ward or Jfrom the body member to expose or sheath the spur means in accordance with the position of theshield.

5. A clip or holder for pens and the like, comprising an elongated strip With a barrel at one end for receiving the body of the pen and at the other end formed With projecting spurs, and a shield for the spurs comprising a plate having passages through about Y held to the body holder for pens and the likeor pens and the like,

which the spurs may project, said plate being hngedly connected to the body member at one side of the spurs, and at the other side of the Aspurs having a passage traversed by the body member and of a length to permit rocking of the shield to anAV extent to sheath or expose the spurs.

6. A clip or holder for pens and the like, comprising an elongated strip with a barrel near one end for embracing the 'pen and at the other end dreduced in Width and terminating in hinge or pivot pins, and in the reduced portion rovided with projecting spurs, and a shiel plate having angle IeXtensions at-the ends and perforations for the spurs, said shield plate traversed by the hinge or pivot pins, and member thereby and at the other end in the angle extension having a passage traversedby the reduced portion of the body member, and terminating in an angle yoke, the passage being of a length to permit rocking of the shield on the pins and the yoke operating as a stop.

7. A clip or holder for pens and the like, comprising `an elongated body member with means near one end for attachment to the lbody of a pen and near the other end provided With spurs projecting from the body member on the same side thereof as the means vfor attachment of the pen, and a shield or guard carried by the body member at the spur end and having a portion on the same side of the body member as the means for attachment to the pen movable With relation to the body member to house the spurs or unsheath them in accordance With the position of said shield. In testimony, that We claim the oregoing as our own, We have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of tvvo Witnesses. H ROSS TOOKER. HARRY LEGH TOUKER.

Witnesses:

Josnrii H. Corn,

E. C BIGELOW.

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